Crime & Safety
Dog Bites 12-Year-Old in Skokie
A pit bull attack hospitalized the boy Tuesday morning.

SKOKIE, IL - A 12-year-old boy was attacked by a pit bull in Skokie Tuesday morning.
The dog, which belongs to a family in the neighborhood, bit the boy in the 8300 block of Christiana, according to a WGN report. The boy was bleeding while being transported to the hospital, witnesses said.
He was hospitalized with injuries that aren’t considered to be life-threatening.
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